Sound Expression is a dedicated music therapy clinic in North Ryde providing Individual Music Therapy and Group Music Therapy for children and adults. This NDIS registered service provider has 5 fully equipped music therapy rooms providing service to over 250 clients per week.
Sound Expression prides itself on creating a Centre for Music Therapy Excellence, helping to realise clients’ full potential through the power of music. They have a very strong sense of purpose in providing outstanding professional and friendly service to their clients and community.
Using a ‘strengths-based, person-centred’ approach, they initially focus on what a person can do, rather than what they cannot do. From there they build capacity in clients and assist them to achieve their goals and develop their skills, to transfer them into their daily life in a practical and lasting way.
Founded in 2015 by Iani Sujono and Rob Devlin, the husband and wife team are owners and directors, Sound Expression employs an expert and passionate team of 18 Registered Music Therapists (RMTs) with extensive experience, supporting people of all ages and abilities regardless of musical skill, culture or background.
Iani and Rob are industry leaders and mentors, presenting on music therapy to both national and international audiences. They also partner with Western Sydney University and Melbourne University taking an active role in training and supervising Masters of Music Therapy students. Not to mention they’ve also won various business awards including the Northern District Local Business Awards and were finalists in the 2022 Telstra Best of Business Awards!
What is Music Therapy and How Can it Help?
The Australian Music Therapy Association defines music therapy as “a research-based practice and profession in which music is used to actively support people as they strive to improve their health, functioning and wellbeing”.
Music therapy is different from music education and entertainment as it focuses on health, functioning and well-being. Music therapy is the intentional use of music by a university-trained registered music therapist, who, drawing on an extensive body of research, will incorporate a range of music-making methods within and through a therapeutic relationship.
There is a large body of research that describes how music affects the brain and how music can assist children. Music activates many areas of the brain and has been found to positively affect early childhood development, learning and daily functioning including attention, listening, speech production, emotions, motor skills, memory, coordination and decision-making.
View videos of client stories here:
- Group music therapy – addressing play and social skills
- Discovering my voice: a peek through Sam’s music therapy journey
- Daniel’s Story: Learning to engage!
How does it work?
- Initial assessment: discussion with the parents and assessment of the child within a music therapy setting to determine the child’s current abilities and needs
- Goal-setting: an individualised program is developed with goals based on the child’s needs.
- Music therapy sessions: sessions consist of interactive interventions designed to address the music therapy goals. These could include singing, moving to music, playing instruments, improvising through music and songwriting.
- Evaluation: the program is regularly evaluated to ensure it is meeting the identified goals.
Sessions are 30-45 minutes in duration and are conducted on a weekly basis.
How Do I Get My Child Started?
To start music therapy at Sound Expression, please complete this Online Music Therapy Referral Form. Once submitted, Sound Expression will contact you to arrange an Initial Consultation with one of their therapists.
The Details
Address: 5-7 Avon Road North Ryde NSW
Trading hours: Monday to Saturday 9 – 5pm
Phone: 0416 288 917
Email: info@soundexpression.com.au
Website: https://soundexpression.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/soundexpression.com.au
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